This is off the album that has yet to be released, but i heard it on their purevolume
and tabbed it out in chords. Hope you enjoy!
Shankhill Butchers by the Decemberists
*Capo third fret*
INTRO: Am to C x2
VERSE 1
The Shankhill Butchers are tonight, you better shut your windows tight.
They re sharpening their cleavers and their knives, and taking all their
whiskey by the pint.
CHORUS
And everybody knows if you don t mind your mother s words, oh wicked winds
will blow the ribbons from your curls. Everybody knows, everybody shake, the
Shankhill Butcher s gonna catch you away
(Repeat Intro)
VERSE 2
They used to be just like me and you, they used to be sweet little boys. But
something went horribly askew, now killing is their only source of joy.
CHORUS AGAIN
VERSE 3
The Shankhill Butchers are tonight, they re waiting in the dead of night.
They re picking at their fingers with their knives, and cleaning off their
cleavers on their thighs.
CHORUS
The Shankhill Butcher s gonna cut you
The SHankhill Butcher s gonna catch you
Am-C
Away
Am-C
Away
Am-C
Away